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Kayla name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Kayla ranks #364 in female records (838 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#364 · 838 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 97 female records (935 to 838); rank moved from #336 to #364.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 379 female records (1,217 to 838); rank moved from #254 to #364.
2025 male rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
Peak year in available data
2016: 2,471 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Kayla becoming more popular?

Kayla's reported female count decreased by 97 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #336 to #364. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published male observation for Kayla. That is not a count of zero.

Kayla in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for KaylaFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.2,4710201620252016: 2,471 female records2017: 2,128 female records2018: 1,892 female records2019: 1,613 female records2020: 1,340 female records2021: 1,217 female records2022: 1,133 female records2023: 952 female records2024: 935 female records2025: 838 female records2018: 5 male records2019: 5 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025838364——
2024935336——
2023952324——
20221,133280——
20211,217254——
20201,340216——
20191,613182513,157
20181,892149513,180
20172,128138——
20162,471129——

Questions about Kayla’s popularity

How common is Kayla in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Kayla ranks #364 in female records (838 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Kayla?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Kayla only.

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